282 SHEEP FARMING IN AMERICA. 



sheep immediately after death no morbid con- 

 dition was apparent save a slight inflammation 

 of some part of the intestinal tract, and some- 

 times even this was not in evidence. 



Disordera of the bladder causing stoppage of 

 the nrine are caused by the deposit of limy 

 substances in the bladder, which become 

 washed into the urethra where they lodge, 

 causing inflainmation, stoppage of the urine, a 

 period of suffering accompanied with great dis- 

 tension of the bladder, then death. 



The reason for this disorder seems to be in 

 some instances the eating of too many mangels, 

 rich in lime, the eating of too much salt, or the 

 drinking of water too "hard" with lime. The 

 worst instance that ever came under the 

 writer's obseriation was in his own feeding 

 bams where he had a great store of oat hay, 

 put up so very moist that to save it, it was 

 liberally sprinkled with salt. The salt was 

 greatly in excess of the needs of the animals 

 and made them consume much more water than 

 they otherwise would. Very many of the weth- 

 er lambs became afflicted with this distressing 

 malady and many remedies were attempted to 

 save them. Some few may have been bene^ 

 fited, though the writer doubts it. It is recom- 

 mended to cut off the vermiform appehd&ge in 

 the end of the penis, and to slit the penis, oprai- 

 ing the urethra, to free it from limy substances 

 that obstruct. The writer advises prevention, 

 ahd in his own experience, with thousands of 

 sheep and lambs under observation fed by his 

 brothers for some years, good plain practice, 



